Term ended Nov 1, 2025 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 1, 2025
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Neuropro Technologies, Inc.
Filed Apr 16, 2018 as application 15/954,414 · Granted Jun 16, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Nov 1, 2025
2005
2026
Clock starts
Nov 1, 2005
Nov 1, 2005
Term ended
Nov 1, 2025
Nov 1, 2025
Granted
Jun 16, 2020
Jun 16, 2020
base term
after the term ends
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,597,360, to Nov 1, 2025. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
10
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: Medium. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 1, 2005, when application 11/264,958, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 16, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 1, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,597,360) | resolves to Nov 1, 2025, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 1, 2025 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,727,280 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 8,187,332 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
| US 8,597,360 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2013/042066 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,186,262 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 9,974,665 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 10,682,240 | this patent Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 11,583,414 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
8 of 10 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2018 Reel 45555, frame 881 | McLuen, Gary R.; Remington, Benjamin J.; Baker, Daniel R.; Logan, Joseph N.; Stalcup, Gregory C. | Neuropro Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 18, 2025 Reel 70547, frame 447 | Neuropro Technologies, Inc. | U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union | Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2025 Reel 71922, frame 846 | U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union | Neuropro Spinal Jaxx Inc.; Neuropro Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union | Neuropro Spinal Jaxx Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 4, 2025 reel/frame not recorded | U.S. Eagle Federal Credit Union | Neuropro Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,597,360, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
33
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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